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Video of Latest TTI Crash Test Goes Viral

September 30, 2014

A dramatic crash test was performed at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Sept. 24 to determine if a newly designed perimeter security device is effective in protecting U.S. embassies and other facilities around the globe. A video of the test showing a 15,000-pound truck crashing into the barrier at 50 miles per hour has […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: crash test, TTI Proving Ground

TTI Helps Keep Americans Safe at Home and Abroad

September 1, 2014

How do you keep a terrorist from bombing an embassy with a fast-moving car or truck fitted with explosives? The terrorist tactic goes back more than 30 years when the U.S. Marine barracks were bombed in Beirut, Lebanon. Today, embassies, consulates, and other facilities and bases here and abroad are protected with bollards and other […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 50, Number 3 Tagged With: anti-terrorist, barricades, barriers, crash test, security, TTI Proving Ground

Simulated Crash Testing Saves Time and Money

June 13, 2013

Researchers at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI) Proving Grounds have run over 3,000 full-scale crash tests on everything from subcompact cars to 80,000-lb tractor-trailer rigs. The Center for Transportation Computational Mechanics (CeTCoM) at TTI has a history for being able to help predict the outcome of such crash testing using computer simulations and publicly […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Center for Transportation Computational Mechanics, computer simulation, crash test, crash test simulation

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